Masks: the National Assembly calls for a "global strategy" of production

The National Assembly on Thursday, October 7 asked the government for a

for the production and recycling of sanitary masks, which were sorely lacking at the start of the Covid-19 crisis. A non-binding resolution to this effect from the deputy Isabelle Valentin was adopted unanimously within the framework of a day reserved for texts from the Les Républicains group.

, argues the elected representative of Haute-Loire.

underlines.

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Despite the efforts to restore a French production, a large part of these masks continues to be imported for reasons of cost, underlined several elected officials. Jean Lassalle (Libertés et Territoires) underlined that the health crisis had highlighted

in this area. For the Communist group, Karine Lebon underlined the need to

, which has gone from 4 producers in January 2020 to around 30 today, by

. The Minister of Industry Agnès Pannier-Runacher, however, considered that this resolution

given the efforts already made by the government to relaunch the French industry, whose production of 3.5 million masks per week in early 2020 has been

.

The State has

, she declared.